Founding of the Benedictine monastery of Breitenau
Dissolution of the monastery by Landgrave Philipp
Opening of the Breitenau institution for corrections and the rural poor (Correktions- und Landarmenanstalt Breitenau)
Concentration camp for political prisoners in protective custody (Schutzhäftlinge)
Breitenau work education camp (Arbeitserziehungslager)
Liberation by American soldiers
Dissolution of the workhouse by the American military government
Landesfürsorgeheim Fuldatal, a state welfare home and reformatory for girls
Closure of the welfare home
Facility for people with chronic mental illness
Breitenau Memorial
